its slightly tweaked but not bad at all. Definitely worth putting back together. It's supposed to be a real 4 speed car. It has the correct console and shifter which are both impossible to find so maybe it is real. I'm going to PHS it

When I do a gasser it's going to be something older. I don't think I could bring myself to do a 62 Pontiac gasser.

Yeah, it's already mostly taken apart. If you didn't see those pics you'd have to look close to even tell it's been wrecked. It looks like it's just missing the front clip.

I'm trying to find a good front clip locally so I can just bolt the whole thing on together. He is throwing in a set of fenders and a hood but they're not that great. I really need a $500 parts car with good bumpers and a good front clip

theres a guy down the road from me that daily drives a hot rod 30's Ford panel wagon... he somehow rear ended someone in front of my house the other day... poor sucker but he's rebuilding the front end now. its like the saddest thing

I wish you could have been to Nicks Wrecking a few years ago. The entire yard was like pre 1980 vehicles. I know at one point they had at least 8 59/60 Chevys. I think they have maybe 2 or 3 now and they're pretty well gutted

Spent the day stripping the front end off of the Cat. Will get pic tomorrow. Going to cut the firewall and move the engine back. Looking Fiberglass front fenders, bumper, hood, and trunk. Last Sunday went to a swap meet. I needed some tires just to support the Cat while it gets moved around. Found some 275 60 15s on chevy truck 5X5 8 inch rims. Had to roll the inner wheel lip but they look good on it.

And I received my new used 325 cfm KRE D-Ports yeterday for the turbo 389 build

With Roberts block, these heads, and a lot of boost, This '63 should be killer. Still churning over what trans to use. I'm leaning heavy towards a manual of some sort. We'll see.

Robert, do you know if the block got picked up? Now the frieght company is not sure if it did??? Not sure what's going on. Same old crap. Businesses can't get their crap together. Maybe we'll know better Monday. Talk to you later. Mark L

Mark, I don't mean anything against you. I just don't understand how some companies are run so poorly but stay in business for so long while mom and pop stores have great service but can't stay in business for more than 9 months.

I offered to drop it off to make it easier on everyone. I don't have time to wait around all day for them to maybe pick it up and maybe not. I have plenty of time to spend an hour loading it up and dropping it off at a fed ex store. No problem

Again, no offense to you Mark. I know it's not your fault and it's really no burden on me. I just think it's bullshit that you're waiting for your motor and you can't even get a straight answer if it's been picked up or not. Your son told me two or three times that they said it would be picked up only to find that it wasn't. What kind of business is that?

No apologies necessary, I agree completely with you. It's just crazy that anything you buy is broke or dosen't work, any sevice you use turns out crap, any customer service is non existant and so full of shit and it just gets worse form there. It's just unbelievable. Matt was going to get in touch again today to find out what happened. Don't beat yourself up over this, it is in no way your fault. Just giving you a heads up. As much as hope it is still sitting there if it has not been picked up, I feel bad that anyone had to look at it sitting there for days when it should have gone out right away. I'll let you know when I know. Tal toyou later.